As Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is a set of January 1st 2012, the AODA Act legally requires all organizations providing goods or services to the public or to other organizations in Ontario to provide recommendations for making web content more accessible customer service to all people, including those with disabilities.
One step towards achieving this goal is The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) legally requires all organizations providing goods or services to ensure that any HTML templates configured within the system includes the following section of HTML code: public in Ontario to provide accessible customer service to all people, including those with disabilities.
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Areas in the system where this HTML code should be added includes . . '''How SmartSimple adheres to these:'''Below is a list of some of these accessibility guidelines and how SmartSimple meets them.
* [[Template Page|L1, L2 and L3 template pages]] Inputs need a label* [[Sign-Up Pages|Registration pages]]Example: On the login page the password input has a label called password. On the signup page each input has a label. For custom fields the label name will be the same as the caption; if there is no caption the label will take the name of the field. Labels are automatically added for inputs by SmartSimple. * [[Login Screen Content|Login page template]]* [[Report Template|Report Templates]]Images need alternate text* [[Custom Field TypeExample: Display Your logo is given an alternate text tag. The custom field “Display Only – Web Page View|Web Page Views]]Image” will give an image uploaded an alternate text tag. The tag will take the name of the caption and if no caption is present it will take the field name. Alt tags are added automatically for logos and display only images.* [[Custom Field TypeLanguage needs to be declaredExample: Special - XML Data|XML Sections]]Language is declared in pages (lang="fr" for French , lang="en" for English ). This is automatically added to pages and it changes dynamically when the user changes their language. Use descriptive names for linksExample: When including links in your content, use text that properly describes where the link will go. Using "click here" is not considered descriptive, and is ineffective for a screen reader user. Link names are customizable in SmartSimple.
